Systemis and methods for capturing and storing an mage related to a media asset
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In one embodiment, the present invention is a t-commerce platform, which is linked to the content from a video signal that the user is currently watching. At some point during the broadcast of the content, a close-up of the product is shown. Simultaneous with this, a VBI-based trigger is added to the Video signal of the broadcast. This trigger causes the televi Sion, a set-top box, or a similar device to capture in a memory, a “freeze-frame of the image being shown. This action is transparent to the user while the video being displayed on the television is continuing normally. If the user choo
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